• Concentrations and course offerings may vary by campus and/or by program modality.  Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for the course availability each term at your campus or within your program modality. 
  • Certain options within the program may be required at certain campuses or for certain program modalities.  Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for requirements at your campus or for your program modality. 

Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.

Universitywide Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.

NUpath Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.

Computer Science Courses

Computer Science Overview
Must be taken in alignment with your home college:
CS 1200First Year Seminar1
or PHIL 1000 Philosophy at Northeastern
CS 1210Professional Development for Khoury Co-op1
or EESH 2000 Professional Development for Co-op
Computer Science Fundamental Courses
CS 1800
and CS 1802
Discrete Structures
and Seminar for CS 1800
5
CS 2500
and CS 2501
Fundamentals of Computer Science 1
and Lab for CS 2500
5
CS 2510
and CS 2511
Fundamentals of Computer Science 2
and Lab for CS 2510
5
Computer Science Required Courses
CS 2800Logic and Computation4
CS 3000Algorithms and Data4
CS 3500
and CS 3501
Object-Oriented Design
and Lab for CS 3500
5
CS 3800Theory of Computation4
CS 4500Software Development4
or CS 4530 Fundamentals of Software Engineering
Khoury Elective
With adviser approval, directed study, research, project study, and appropriate graduate-level courses may also be be taken for upper-division electives.
Complete 8 semester hours of upper-division CS, CY, DS, or IS classes that are not already required. Choose courses within the following ranges:8
CS 2500 or higher, except CS 5010
CY 2000 or higher, except CY 4930
DS 2500 or higher, except DS 4900
IS 2000 or higher, except IS 4900

Philosophy Courses

Philosophy Required Courses
PHIL 1115Introduction to Logic4
PHIL 1145Technology and Human Values4
PHIL 2325Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought4
or POLS 2325 Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought
or PHIL 2330 Modern Philosophy
PHIL 4515Advanced Deductive Logic4
PHIL 5005Information Ethics4
or PHIL 5010 AI Ethics
or PHIL 4050 Artificial Intelligence and Society
Critical Philosophy Elective
Take one of the following courses not used to fulfill another requirement:4
Goddesses, Witches, Saints, and Sinners: Women and Religion
Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Human Rights
Indigenous Philosophy
Race and Religion in Film
Sexuality, Gender, and the Law
Philosophy of Race and Racism
Philosophy Electives
Take three additional PHIL courses not used to fulfill another requirement, at least one of which is 4000 or above.12

Integrative Course Requirement 

These courses will double count in other areas of your major:
Theory of Computation
Advanced Deductive Logic

Computer Science English Requirement

College Writing
ENGW 1111First-Year Writing4
or ENGW 1102 First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
Complete one course from the following:4
Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions
Advanced Writing in the Humanities
Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

Required General Electives

Complete 44 semester hours of general electives.44

Khoury College GPA Requirement

Minimum cumulative 2.000 GPA required in all CS, CY, DS, and IS courses

NUpath Requirements Satisfied

  • Engaging with the Natural and Designed World
  • Conducting Formal and Quantitative Reasoning
  • Analyzing and Using Data
  • Writing-Intensive in the Major
  • Interpreting Culture
  • Understanding Societies and Institutions
  • Employing Ethical Reasoning
  • Writing in the First Year
  • Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
  • Students must arrange to take a NUpath capstone using either a course in  CS, CY, DS, IS or PHIL, or as a general elective.

 Integrating Knowledge and Skills Through Experience is satisfied through co-op.

Program Requirement

133 total semester hours required

Sample Plan of Study:

Four Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CS 1200 or PHIL 10001CS 2510
and CS 2511
5CS 3500
and CS 3501
5Elective4
CS 1800
and CS 1802
5CS 28004Elective4Elective4
CS 2500
and CS 2501
5PHIL 2325, POLS 2325, or PHIL 23304  
ENGW 11114Elective4  
PHIL 11154   
 19 17 9 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CS 1210 or EESH 20001Co-opCo-opElective4
CS 30004  Elective4
PHIL 11454   
PHIL elective 14   
Elective4   
 17 0 0 8
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Khoury Elective4Co-opCo-opENGW 3302, 3309, or 33154
PHIL Elective 24  Elective4
PHIL Elective 34   
Elective 4   
 16 0 0 8
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
CS 38004PHIL 45154  
CS 4500 or 45304PHIL 5005, 5010, or 40504  
Critical Philosophy Elective4Elective4  
Elective4Khoury Elective4  
 16 16  
Total Hours: 134

Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CS 1200 or PHIL 10001CS 2510
and CS 2511
5CS 30004Elective4
CS 1800
and CS 1802
5CS 28004Elective4Elective4
CS 2500
and CS 2501
5PHIL 2325, POLS 2325, or PHIL 23304  
ENGW 11114Elective4  
PHIL 11154   
 19 17 8 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CS 3500
and CS 3501
5CS 1210 or EESH 20001Elective4Co-op
PHIL 11454Khoury Elective4Elective4 
PHIL elective 14PHIL Elective 24  
Elective4PHIL Elective 34  
 Elective4  
 17 17 8 0
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Co-opCS 38004ENGW 3302, 3309, or 33154Co-op
 PHIL 45154Elective4 
 Khoury Elective4  
 Elective4  
 0 16 8 0
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
Co-opCS 45304  
 PHIL 5005, 5010, or 40504  
 Critical Philosophy Elective4  
 Elective4  
 0 16  
Total Hours: 134